Search Tag: healthcare emissions

2025 06 Oct

  Medical imaging is a growing contributor to healthcare’s environmental footprint, and the energy required to store imaging data is a significant part of that impact. Computed tomography of the chest, abdomen and pelvis (CT-CAP) for baseline staging in endometrial cancer generates large files, especially when post-processed series such as reformats...Read more

2025 06 Oct

  Medical imaging is a growing contributor to healthcare’s environmental footprint, and the energy required to store imaging data is a significant part of that impact. Computed tomography of the chest, abdomen and pelvis (CT-CAP) for baseline staging in endometrial cancer generates large files, especially when post-processed series such as reformats...Read more

2025 26 Sep

  Climate, health and competitiveness are converging pressures on European healthcare, with medical technology central to both the challenge and the solution. According to MedTech Europe, healthcare generates about 5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Medical technology accounts for an estimated 15–25% of that footprint, equivalent to roughly...Read more